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You go through the bad to get to the good

At 3 months old my mother left me home Sometimes I think she was always gone I was there with my sister 6 years older of another mister No one was talking to me So someone couldn’t let me be They took me and kept me Sometimes I returned to see my Mom But now… Read more

April 20, 2021

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alone, childhood, poetry
Leave me

Leave me at any time I just need to know the rhyme I’m not keeping you from anything Don’t let that ring If there’s something for you go get it I’m not down for the headache Leave me here or there Don’t challenge my world of air Read more

April 14, 2021

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I see it coming

I see it coming on your face I see it coming is it race? Maybe I was born in the wrong place But I don’t know what I did Except survive what you hid You’re coming again I can’t let you win Check out comedy podcast Read more

April 1, 2021

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Authors, Comedy, poetry
I cry your tears

I feel your feelings whether near or far I’m crying your tears wherever you are Come talk to the family because we’re all you need We’ll quiet your fears I don’t want to cry anymore of your tears. Check out my book here Read more

March 21, 2021

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The secret women’s club Part II

It was time for the ultrasound. Her husband was allowed in this time around. They were gonna check to see if the baby had feet and everything. The baby was moving and covering his face. Everything was in the right place. Everything felt a little safer but it was still 6 months to go. It… Read more

February 26, 2021

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baby, blogging, circleoflife, family, poetry, quarantine
Discussion of Kindred by Octavia Butler

Kindred shows our connection to our past. Octavia Butler wrote ahead of her time. Now we hear lots of conversations about past lives and people interrupting the timeline to help ancestors; Butler wrote about this in the 80s. We hear Butler say that she is not writing the future, just ways that we can prevent… Read more

February 24, 2021

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2020, author, family, Octavia Butler
New series -The secret women’s club Part I

So she belongs to this secret club. No one can find out except us. The club is pregnancy in quarantine. She woke up and went to the doctor. She went in by herself. She had no idea what to expect. No one had told her anything yet. Her husband sat in the car. It felt… Read more

January 27, 2021

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hospital, quarantine, secrets
Rise and shine

Rise and shine A new year’s on your mind It’s time to have a good time Let go of last year It was so much to bear Let’s rise and shine Now is the time Check out quarantine Read more

December 29, 2020

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podcast, poetry, quarantine
The secret women’s club Part VI

She wasn’t having pain so they had to make it They waited 2 days and there was no faking it The pain brought her to her knees And she said it’s time for the epidural please The pain was a 10 but it was going to get worse again She thought she could handle the… Read more

December 9, 2020

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Can I be myself

Can I be myself Or do I have to pretend for someone else You want the rice without the spice Why would you want that rice That’s why we gotta have our own No one telling us which way to roam Read more

October 13, 2020

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author, oakland, poetry, writing